Embroidery-frame



M. BACON.

EMBROIDERY FRAME.

(N770 Model.)

' Patented Sept. 21,- 1886.

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MURRAY BACON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EMBROIDERY-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,473, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed March l2, 1886. Serial No. 194.969. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MURRAY Bacon, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain Improved Embroidery-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct an embroidery-frame adapted for the reception of different-sized pieces of embroidery-cloth and capable of imparting any desired degree of tension thereto, the frame, moreover, being adjustable to any desired height or angle, and the device being simple and cheap in construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved embroideryframe. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, partly in elevation, on the line 1 2, Fig. 1; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, detached perspective views of parts of the device; Fig. 6, a section on the line 3 4, Fig. 1; Fig. 7, aview showing amodification.

The embroidery-cloth A is stitched on each side to strips a a of muslin or other suitable material, and at each end to strips 1) b, preferably of like material, which are fastened to end bars, B B. The strips a a are connected to side bars, D D, by means of lacing-cords h, passing through eyelets in said strips and through openings in the bars D. The end bars, B B, are mortised near each end for the reception of the bars D D, and bored for the reception of an adjusting device for said bars D, this adjusting device consisting of a yoke, E, which embraces the bar D and is free to slide longitudinally in the recess in the bar B, one end of the yoke forminga nut to which is adapted a thumb-screw, a, the head of which bears against a washer, c, on the end of the bar B, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) so that by manipulating the screws 0 the side bars, D, of the frame may be separated and the lateral stretching of ,the strip A of embroidery-cloth thereby effected.

One of the end bars, B, bears against pins 9, adapted to openings in the bars D, said bars B being thereby prevented from sliding on the bars D when snbj ected to pull, due to the endwise stretching of the embroidery-cloth, this stretching being effected by the adjustment of the opposite end bar, each pro'ecting end of which beyond the side bar, D, is acted upon by a thumb-screw, f, adapted to a nut forming part of a block, F, which bears upon the outer face of said bar D, and is confined thereto by a double link, f, the pin at the inner end of which is adapted to one of a series of notches, z, in the inner face of the side bar. (See Figs. 1 and 4.) It will thus be seen that'when the inner pin of the link is adapted to the notch nearest the bar B and the screw f is manipulated the first effect of the movement will be to cause the block F to bear firmly on the bar D, continued turning of the screw causing the bar B to be moved so as to stretch thecloth A endwise.

I have not thought it necessary to illustrate in the drawings a stand or support for the embroidery-frame, as any stand having an upright post on each side of the frame will answer the purpose. I, however, use a special device for securing the frame to the upright posts of the stand, this device being shown in Figs. 1 and-5.

To each post L, which in the present instance is in the form of a rod/is adapted a split block, J, one end of which forms a bearing for the stem of an ordinary hand-vise, K, between the jaws of which is clamped one of the said bars D of the frame. The outer split end of the block J has a thumb-screw, j, on tightening which the block will be firmly clamped to the post L, and the embroideryframe thus supported at any desired height on the post.

The stem of the vise K is fitted snugly to its bearing-block J, and the latter is confined between a shoulder, m, on the stem and a washer, m, upon which bears a screw, it, so that the frictional contact will be sufiicient to maintain the embroidery frame at any angle to which it may have been adjusted.

My invention, although described as an embroidery-frame, is applicable as well to quilting-frames, frames for artists canvases, 8m.

My invention is not limited to the exact means shown for adjusting and retaining the blocks J on the side bars, D, of the frame, as a block guided on the side bar is secured in position by a set-screw, x,- or its equivalent may be usedas shown in Fig. 7, forinstancethe link, however, being preferred.

I am aware that an embroidery-frame has been hung by clamps to upright standards,

-engaging said bar the clamps engaging with the upper bar of the embroidery-frame; but in my case each vise is pivoted to the clamp and engages with the side bar of the frame, sothat the latter can be adjusted to and fro in the jaws of the vise, in addition to the swinging movement permitted by the pivoting of the vise and the vertical movement due to the adjustment of the clamp on the standard. I

I claim as my inve ntion 1. The combination, in. an embroidery or like frame, of a side bar, D, an end bar, B, recessed for the reception of the bar D, ayoke D, and an adjusting-screw engaging with the yoke and having a bearing on the bar 13, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the frame comprising side and end bars with blocks carried by the sidebars and having threaded openings for the reception of set-screws which act upon one of the end bars, whereby said end bar is adjusted the side bars, so all substantially as in a direction lengthwise of as to stretch the cloth, specified.

3. The combination of the side bar of the frame, the end bar free to slide thereon, asetscrew for acting on said end bar, and a block carrying said screw and adjustable on the side bar, all substantially as specified.

.4. The combination of the end bar and the notched side bar with the block F, carrying the adjusting-screw for the end bar, and a link, f, connected to said block and having a pin adapted to engage the notches of the side bar, all substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the embroidery-frame, the supporting-post L, the split block J, clamped to said post L, and the vise K, constructed to clamp the side bar of the frame and having a stem hung to said block J so as to be free to turn therein, all substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the frame, the post L, the split block clamped thereto, and the clamping-vise K, having a stem adapted to a bearing in the block, said vise being held in position on the block by friction, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

MURRAY BACON.

signed my presence 0t \Vitnesscs:

WILLIAM F. DAVIS, HARRY SMITH. 

